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This kind of meant more on the DM-side of things, but I'm happy to hear from players as well. Travel and (wilderness) exploration happen to be amongst those things that seem highly variable from table to table. Was just kind of curious: How do you personally usually handle travel and...

So in an upcoming session in the campaign I'm presently running, the PCs are approaching the hidden stronghold of a heretofore unknown faction. This group is generally hostile and unfriendly to outsiders, but not to the point of being murderous or attack-on-sight. First and foremost they wish...

I'm in the process of brainstorming ideas for an upcoming adventure I'm working on. I thought it would be fun to share with people here. Feel free to critique, share or borrow ideas, etc. The Curse of Starlight Manor Adventurers: Party of five, low 2nd tier (lvl 6ish) Hook: The PCs are hired...

Was thinking about introducing the following magic item in one of my games: Item is hat or bag. Someone attuned to the item can reach into the container as an action and produce a tiny creature. The creature can understand and speak in any language known to the user; and obeys their commands...

So I wanted to introduce a crystalline biome for an upcoming adventure. Maybe a place like the crystal towers shown briefly in the Neverending Story 1, for all of you old geezers like myself who have seen it. Was thinking that the place is made from living and growing crystals that feed on...

So in my latest game session - for the first time in a goodly long while - I ran an episode where essentially nothing happened. There was no combat. There was no strife. No particular clues were discovered. No mysteries unraveled. There WAS some investigation and exploration of a fantasy...

So I wanted to introduce a weapon made of an unusual magical metal for an upcoming game. Orichalcum seemed like a suitable legendary type. The only problem is - what exactly makes orichalcum special and unique? In the real world it was likely some sort of bronze or brass alloy. I believe...

What do you all think? Race - Shadar-Kai? Class: Assassin (Rogue), Hexblade/Fiend Warlock, maybe Undead Warlock? Shadow Sorcerer? Vengeance Paladin, Conquest Paladin? Oathbreaker Paladin? Soulknife? Blood Hunter? Some combination of the above? Background: Something in which its parents...

I'm sure this has been done a bazillion times, but...as the title says. If you had to pick, say, up to three?

Something I've been thinking about in 5e: I've been DMing pretty much since the outset of 5e. During the process of encounter design, groups of monsters get an effective "XP multiplier" that counts toward encounter difficulty and XP budget; but does not contribute to the actual XP earned by...

Looking for disturbing and/or horrific ideas for a large, multifaith theocratic city in my game world. I'm not opposed to a bit of cultish activity, but I want the core religious institutions to nevertheless maintain a gray to white morality. Some categories of example that I'm pondering: *...

In a certain other recent thread it seems like I've been seeing hordes of armchair theoreticians who have been making assorted claims about the sorcerer despite obviously having comparatively little play experience. Now - I like the class, and I'm not personally certain that the errata is all...